Best rpg you've ever played

[Jack_Uzi]

Is there any way, ANY WAY to download Baldur's Gate 2 (by that I mean a legal transaction online, like Steam) to get it to work on Vista

I don't know about getting it legally (I own it), but there are patches to add higher resolutions to all of the Infinity Engine games (including adjusted GUI for Planescape: Torment).

I've still got both plainscape and BG2 running on my vista 64 bit here without any mods.
Hope it's useful info. Probably ebay or something like that. I've seen a few plainscape games there, don't know if they are cheap though.

 

[Continuity]

Baldurs Gate, not only the best RPG i've played its the best RPG fullstop, much better than BGII, TES, KOTOR, Fallout. Don't get me wrong they are great but Baldurs Gate is the daddy.

 

[y1fella]

oh um well.... um... jade emp... mass... fallou... elder scr..... I CAN"T DECIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if forced too choose my eyes might explode out of my face!

 

[ShadowsofHope]

KotOR, Mass Effect 2 and Oblivion.

I would have sex with each and every one of them.

I am going to have to go with this man, though switch Oblivion for Mass Effect 1. Both of them are Epic in my opinion.

 

[mrkeebz]

KOTOR 2 is probably my favourite, once you got past the rather boring start.

ME2 is really great too in my opinion.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

For best actual role-playing game (not turn based battle adventure games with set characters) it's a tear for me between Oblivion/Fallout 3, both because they're really good, and because they're both fundamentally the same. I liked Morrorwind and Fallout 2, but as someone who never played these when they were new, I found Oblivion/F3 much better in every way.

For games with set characters that are still called RPG's for some reason, it's undeniably The World Ends With You. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't played, the aesthetic style and music alone keep me playing.
FFVII was a very close call- but if I beat that horse any harder it's face'll drop off.

 

[Naheal]

For JRPGs?

Legend of Mana. Oh god, I loved the non-linear structure, and making the world map myself was great. The game is also quite gorgeous, even by today's standards. And the semi-scaled enemy strength was nice. Their strength was in proportion to the dungeon's location from where you placed your house on the world map, meaning that as you got further, enemies got stronger, but if you need to grind, you could go to old areas.

It's strange. Most people who mention that series go straight for Secret of Mana (I do!) but never actually mention Legend of Mana.

OT: I'm gonna go with either Secret of Mana or Star Ocean 2 for JRPGs and Dragon Age: Origins for WRPGs.

 

[Mozza444]

Oblivion
Fallout 3
Zenonia - Great game on Android phones

 

[Nmil-ek]

Baldurs Gate, not only the best RPG i've played its the best RPG fullstop, much better than BGII, TES, KOTOR, Fallout. Don't get me wrong they are great but Baldurs Gate is the daddy.

I'll see your Bsldurs Gate and raise you Planescape Torment, okay the combat sucks balls and you can pretty much solo the game with only the main character but never have i seen nuch a strong narrative or detailed world hundreds of lines of text on just about everything in the environment to npcs.

 

[Continuity]

Baldurs Gate, not only the best RPG i've played its the best RPG fullstop, much better than BGII, TES, KOTOR, Fallout. Don't get me wrong they are great but Baldurs Gate is the daddy.

I'll see your Bsldurs Gate and raise you Planescape Torment, okay the combat sucks balls and you can pretty much solo the game with only the main character but never have i seen nuch a strong narrative or detailed world hundreds of lines of text on just about everything in the environment to npcs.

Alas planscape torment passed me by, i've played pretty much everything else black isle had a hand in mind. Would you recommend picking it up now?

 

[Exnotime]

My old time favorite is propably Golden Sun for the GBA.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Arx Fatalis, hands down.

That game was just really, really good fun.

 

[Continuity]

Arx Fatalis, hands down.

That game was just really, really good fun.

Arx fatalis is a real underdog, a diamond in the rough etc.. I loved it too but it has some serious bugs on the dwarven level, still a great game though. Very much an ultima underworld feel to it and the spell casting system was brilliantly innovative, I often wonder why no other developer has really picked up the ball on that.

 

[Nmil-ek]

Baldurs Gate, not only the best RPG i've played its the best RPG fullstop, much better than BGII, TES, KOTOR, Fallout. Don't get me wrong they are great but Baldurs Gate is the daddy.

I'll see your Bsldurs Gate and raise you Planescape Torment, okay the combat sucks balls and you can pretty much solo the game with only the main character but never have i seen nuch a strong narrative or detailed world hundreds of lines of text on just about everything in the environment to npcs.

Alas planscape torment passed me by, i've played pretty much everything else black isle had a hand in mind. Would you recommend picking it up now?

Oh without a doubt, they re-released it not so long ago (atleast in Europe/UK)so it's fairly easy to pick up a new copy and it was £20 at release now its varying from 10-15 if you liked Baldurs Gate theres no question about liking it, radically different style but so very deep.

 

[Breadzombie]

Planescape: Torment

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

Well, I always parade Golden Sun around as my favorite game, and since it's an RPG, it is my favorite RPG.

Although I do really enjoy Fallout 3...

 

[JoJo]

For me it's either Fallout 3 or Pokemon!

 

[Faine']

I wish I could say Planescape Torment but for some reason I just couldn't get into it. I think it has something to do with being unable to create my 'own' character. I know you could play the guy however you wanted to but I just couldn't get attached to him. That said, I loved the setting and I can still appreciate it as a really good game even if I never completed it.

I'd have to say that in first place for me is the entire Baldur's Gate saga. Playing a level one character from The Iron Throne right through Shadows of Amn and into Throne of Bhaal? Epic. You go from a lost peasant to practically being a God. Oh, and even with age the graphics are still beautiful and the characters are very memorable.

Dragon Age comes as a close second. It's probably the nostalgia that is keeping Baldur's Gate above it, to be honest, because Dragon Age did pretty much everything that I loved about Baldur's Gate. I just found the over all plot a little weak (though I suspect that's because it's designed with future Dragon Age games to come in mind).

In third place the Mass Effect games deserve a mention. As with Planescape Torment I couldn't get quite as attached to Commander Shepard as I would have liked to but I still very much enjoy the games; they're well worth a play. Very atmospheric.

Lastly, a quick nod to IceWind Dale 1 and 2. Whilst they didn't have the same party interaction that tend to make me addicted to the other games, I could easily get around that with well written fan mods and the settings, soundtracks and atmosphere were incredible. It brings the Frozen North to life. Just like with Baldur's Gate, it ages really well.

 

[Continuity]

Oh without a doubt, they re-released it not so long ago (atleast in Europe/UK)so it's fairly easy to pick up a new copy and it was £20 at release now its varying from 10-15 if you liked Baldurs Gate theres no question about liking it, radically different style but so very deep.

Right you are, just spotted it on Amazon UK - duly ordered another for the "to play this summer" pile.

 

[Vrex360]

Mass Effect.
Namely Mass Effect one which in my opinion I still rate higher than Mass Effect 2. Not too much higher mind you it's just that Mass Effect managed to make me completely fall in love with its universe, story and characters and as a result I'll always have fond memories of it.